African Americans, including a man, two women, three children, and a baby held by the woman at left, pose close in front of an house of unpainted, long vertical wood boards supporting a roof with thick shingles; the house has a tall brick chimney...

"Such barely recognizable human images were the outcome of a dialogue with materials. Layers of thick paste were applied to an absorbent sheet of rag paper laid on a canvas, with a layer of colored paste and varnish finally added to the...

Thick black smoke rises from an American Barge Line oil barge after it exploded while tied to the bank at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes, this picture was taken "Thurs. morning...

Shield with a thick, angled stripe and three animal heads [possibly horse, boar, or dragon] with fangs in profile. A fourth head is above the shield, which is surrounded by an ornamental rectangular border. Below the shield is a scroll with text....

Shield with a thick, angled stripe and three circles. Above the shield is a knight's helmet and large ornamental flourishes. Above the design is the word "Oxmoor." At the bottom is the name "Thomas Walker Bullitt." Thomas Walker Bullitt was the son...

Shield at an angle with a thick, angled stripe and three circles. Above the shield is a knight's helmet and large ornamental flourishes. Above the design is the phrase "Ex Libris" followed by the word "Oxmoor" in quotations. At the bottom are the...

Ornate manuscript page with a small shield featuring three fanged animal heads [possibly boars] and a thick angled stripe. The text on the page is "I have a shelf in my library for tried authors; one in my mind for tried principles; and one in my...

Trees and a castle in silhouette framed by a circular border with text. The border contains the text "He is never alone who is accompanied by noble thoughts." In front of the border is a knight in armor on a horse. Below the horse is a shield with...

Boys prepare to play baseball in a ritual where a representative from each team wraps his hand around the bat just above the other team representative's hand. The boy whose hand covers the top of the bat will likely decide whether his team bats or...

Our Merciful Savior (Episcopal) Church, a brick building located at 11th and Walnut Streets (473 South 11th Street), Louisville, Kentucky and featuring many very small, low arches and thick crosses above church and door. A woman wearing a coat and...

Four bearded men, three kerchiefed women, and two young girls, all wearing patterned kimonos, stand outdoors on dirt ground in front of a white wall with windows and buttresses. From the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, the Ainu's thick hair...

A group of African American Boy Scouts pose in front of the Majestic Theatre at 618 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. (Building no longer exists.) Most of the boys wear coats or thick jackets and caps. Handwritten on back: "March 1923, group...

Young men gather around with cups and small buckets as a beer keg is emptied in the streets at Twelfth and Main Streets in Louisville, Kentucky. This December shot shows young working men, some wearing heavy jackets and caps or hats. One young boy...

Three girls stand in front of plants in a garden. The plants are large, with orange flowers rising well above the girls' heads. The girls wear dresses that reach below their knees and appear to be wearing thick stockings. There is a row of...

Portrait of actor and director Harry Corson Clarke, possibly in costume for a role. He has white hair worn with thick sideburns, and wears a wool suit jacket with a rose pinned to the left lapel, a white vest, and a black necktie with stickpin....

Full-length character portrait of comedic actor Digby Bell wearing white tie and tails. His receding hairline forms a tuft at the crown of his head and is powdered white at the temples, next to his whiskers, and his thick eyebrows appear to be...